The wildly popular online puzzle Wordle has been credited with keeping people across the world sane amid the ravages of the pandemic. But now it has been hailed as a potential life saver, by providing the clue that helped rescue an 80-year-old woman from a 20-hour home invasion hostage ordeal. Eventually, the man locked her in her basement without food or medication, leaving Holt fearing for her life. She told the Washington Post that she tried to rally herself and did exercises to keep herself going. And that was disconcerting to her,” Holt told Chicago’s WBBM.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2022 08:41 UTC